○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 1. The formation of the NHRC’s Strategic Plan ○ As a result of two-day brainstorming workshop which involved over one hundred representatives from various human rights organisations, the NHRC’s six-year Strategic Plan (2002-2007) was developed, covering the assessment of human rights situation, the vision, the mission, the NHRC’s functions, goals, and five focus areas. The Strategic Plan also spelled out 8 strategies and mechanisms of how to translate the Plan into actions. 2. The formation of the National Human Rights Policy and Master Plan of Action (the Master Plan) ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (2002-2007) ○ Plan ○ The Strategic Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations in 1998, the government established a National Committee, which agreed that Thailand should have a National Human Rights Plan. Subsequently, another Committee chaired by Mr. Anand Panyarachun, the former Prime Minister, was appointed with the specific task to draft the Plan. The drafting process involves the compilation of information concerning domestic laws and regulations related to human rights, and the assessment of national human rights conditions. The draft Plan was scrutinised through public hearings in six major provinces covering different parts of the country, and was subsequently amended. The Cabinet approved the draft as the National Plan on 17 October 2000. The substances of the Master Plan can be summarised as follows: 2.1 Four fundamental concepts In addition to the national and international human rights situations, there are four fundamental concepts which were taken 32 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal into account when developing the Plan.